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A team of researchers led by 深夜看片 St. Petersburg GIS and Remote Sensing Professor Barnali Dixon used the CRIS-HAZARD app to analyze real-time flooding in Pinellas County. The web-based application gathers crowdsourced data to identify flooding and inform policy in vulnerable coastal communities.
October 4, 2024Research
Dr. Christoper Kiahtipes, curator of the USF Libraries鈥 Florida Environment & Natural History collections and a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Anthropology, has been awarded a National Science Foundation grant to examine long-term changes and environmental resilience in coastal fisheries and the impact of climate change.
October 1, 2024Accomplishments, Research
Dr. Davide Tanasi shares impact of 3D digitization on archaeological heritage and global knowledge
Dr. Davide Tanasi shared insights from his recent work in Sicily to 3D digitize and reassess one of the largest villas in Roman history.
September 24, 2024Accomplishments, Community Engagement, Research
New field station in Idaho enriches student experiences in geosciences
The School of Geosciences has broken new ground in offering students hands-on learning experiences at its recently opened field site in Idaho, made possible through donor funding.
September 20, 2024Accomplishments, Community Engagement, Research
Interdisciplinary field school research in Costa Rica examines wastewater management systems and aims to address sanitation issues
Dr. David Himmelgreen and Dr. Nancy Romero-Daza of the Department of Anthropology are co-leading an interdisciplinary field school in Costa Rica examining wastewater management systems and associated sanitation issues.
September 20, 2024Alumni, Community Engagement, Featured, Research
Twenty-seven faculty members recognized with Outstanding Research Achievement Awards
From advancing our understanding of hurricanes to improving public transit systems, to pursuing new treatments for addiction, Alzheimer鈥檚 disease, cancer, diabetes, and cardiovascular and infectious diseases, 27 USF faculty members are being recognized next month with Outstanding Research Achievement Awards.
September 16, 2024Accomplishments, Research
Dr. Valerie Lipscomb contributes expertise on literature and aging in new book
Dr. Valerie Barnes Lipscomb served as a lead editor and contributor on the recently published 鈥淭he Palgrave Handbook of Literature and Aging,鈥 which features more than 30 contributors on three continents and 200,000 words of new scholarship.
September 16, 2024Accomplishments, Research
Dr. Wenqi 鈥淰ince鈥 Liu earns the National Science Foundation Early Career Award
Dr. Wenqi 鈥淰ince鈥 Liu, an assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry, has earned the National Science Foundation鈥檚 Early Career Development award, representing a significant milestone in his academic career and his first federal grant since joining USF three years ago.
September 16, 2024Accomplishments, Research
New study finds working while sick actually harms productivity and retention
USF is examining how an organization鈥檚 expectations and workplace culture can drive employees to work while unwell. The team found working while sick actually does more harm to the company than taking a sick day would.
September 13, 2024Research
Growing up, Dana Smith had a close relationship with her great grandmother. But Smith knew her mostly as a family member who suffered from dementia. That experience inspired Smith as a 深夜看片 student to get involved with the Preventing Alzheimer's with Cognitive Training study.
September 10, 2024Research
Using tools and technology that comb the ocean depths for new discoveries, USF Biology Professor Heather Judkins will explore the Gulf of Mexico as part of a research consortium that recently received more than $7.5 million in grant funding.
September 4, 2024Research
What a submerged ancient bridge discovered in a Spanish cave reveals about early human settlement
Led by a USF geologist, a team of researchers examined a submerged 25-foot bridge to tackle a long-lasting archaeological controversy: When humans settled on the islands in the western Mediterranean. This study narrows a historical gap between the settlement timelines of the eastern and western Mediterranean regions.
August 30, 2024Research